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Monthly Council , March 7, 1907. 
Finance Committee. 
Mr. Adeane (Chairman) reported 
the Committee’s recommendation that 
a new account he opened with the 
Society’s Bankers, to be called the 
“ Reserve Fund,” and that the proceeds 
of the timber sales, and all donations 
and life compositions of Governors 
and Members, as from January 1, 
1906, be paid into such account. 
Veterinary Committee. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote reported 
that a letter had been received from 
the Central Chamber of Agriculture, 
inviting the Society to join in a 
Deputation to the President of the 
Board of Agriculture to urge upon 
him the necessity of keeping the 
present restrictions in force with re- 
gard to the importation of live cattle 
from abroad. As the Deputation had 
been fixed to take place on the after- 
noon of March 6, it had not been 
possible for the Committee to bring 
the matter before the Council ; but 
in view of the urgent importance of 
the question, and the action previously 
taken by the Society in the same 
direction, the Committee were unani- 
mously of opinion that the Society 
should be represented at the Deputa- 
tion. They therefore requested the 
following Members of Council to 
attend the Deputation as the official 
representatives of the Society : — The 
President, the Right Hon. Victor 
Cavendish, M.P., Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, 
Lt.-Col. J. F. Curtis-Hayward, Mr. 
F. Reynard, Mr. E. W. Stany forth, 
and Mr. C. W. Wilson, with Mr. 
Ernest H. Godfrey, of the Society’s 
office (see below). 
Shows of 1907, 1908, and 1909. 
The President reported that the 
the Committee, appointed to consider 
a scheme of rotation for the holding 
of the Society’s future Annual Shows, 
were unable to submit an entirely new 
scheme of rotation, but they recom- 
mended that for the Shows of the 
next three years — 1907, 1908, and 
1909 — endeavours should be made to 
obtain offers of sites from the following 
districts : — Eastern District, 1907 ; 
Western District, 1908 ; Northern 
District, 1909. 
In answer to questions raised 
by Mr. Adeane and the Earl of 
Feversham, Mr. Crutchley ex- 
plained that the Committee were of 
opinion that in defining the districts 
it was not necessary for a strict line 
to be drawn between them. 
deputation to tbe Boart) of agriculture. 
TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1906. 
Earl Carrington, G.C.M.G. (Presi- 
dent of the Board of Agriculture), 
received, on Tuesday, March 6, 1906, 
a Deputation organised by the Central 
and Associated Chambers of Agricul- 
ture, and consisting of representatives 
of agricultural societies throughout 
the United Kingdom, who waited 
upon him for the purpose of urging 
the necessity of keeping the present 
restrictions in force with regard to 
the importation of live cattle from 
abroad. The Deputation was received 
in the Westminster Hall Grand Com- 
mittee Room, which was crowded 
with the large number of represen- 
tatives who attended. 
With the President of the Board of 
Agriculture were Sir Edward Strachey, 
Bart., M.P., Sir T. H. Elliott, K.C.B. 
(Permanent Secretary), Mr. A. W. 
Anstruther (Assistant Secretary), and 
Mr. F. L. C. Floud (Private Secretary). 
The Royal Agricultural Society of 
England was represented by the fol- 
lowing Members of the Council : — 
Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis (President), 
the Right Hon. Victor Cavendish, 
M.P., Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, Lt.-Col. J. F. 
Curtis-Hayward, Mr. F. Reynard, Mr. 
E. W. Stanyforth, and Mr. C. W. 
Wilson, with Mr. Ernest H. Godfrey, 
of the Society’s office. 
Mr. T: Courtenay Warner, M.P. 
(Chairman of the Central Chamber of 
Agriculture), having introduced the 
Deputation, Mr. B. St. John Ackers 
(Chairman of the Cattle Diseases 
Committee of the Central Chamber) 
explained the object of the Deputation, 
